External beam radiation therapy to prevent anastomotic intimal hyperplasia in prosthetic arteriovenous fistulas: results of a randomized trial.
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Abstract
External beam irradiation has a documented effect on intimal hyperplasia reduction. However, it did not result in less reinterventions or stenoses after radiation treatment of the venous anastomosis in polytetrafluoroethylene dialysis access.
Medical subject headings
- Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular
- Renal Dialysis
- Tunica Intima